Container for transporting and storing live fish, fish fry, and fish eggs



E. C. FEARNOW.

CONTAINER FOR TRAriSPDRTING AND STORING LIVE FISH, FISH FRY, AND FISH EGGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26,1922..

Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

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Q4101 mug CONTAINER FQR TRANSPORTING AND STORING LIVF FISH, FISH FRY, AND FISH EGGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1922. 1,435,457.

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C. F An oW, a citizen of-the United State residing at Capitol Heights in the county'of "Prince (areorge's and State of Maryland, have; in-

vented certain new and usefulv lmproveJ ments in Containers forTransport-inguand Storing Live Fish,fcFish Fry, and Fish I gs, of which the following is; as ifl cation. v 1

- The invention or employees in thepro'secution-of work-for thego'vernment or by any otherpersonin the United States without the paymentto me of any royalty thereon, as provided by 3, 1888 (22 U Swstatp at Among the many n problems attendant upon the successful shipment and 'stor'age of live fish; try and 'eggsis that of maintaining thepurityof the water., In permanent tanks this is sometimes accomplished by providing a constantflow of: fresh water by a suitable arrangement of-inletand outlet pipes. However,- a constant supply of fresh running water isn0t always available, in which case the cleansing-of theitanks is During shipment the'fish, fry eggs are usuallytransported in cans ofwrelatively small capacity in which there is nov provision for purifying the water. The Water must be poured'or dipped out and-replaced manually, ail-laborious and unsatisfactory Pollution results chiefly "from; ,the excrement of :the fishflvvhich settles-t0 he bottom ofthe tanklor container and, in practice, is eliminated in. the ordinary types of tanks and containers by replacing 3 the i entire amount of Water .contalned therein; with a fresh supply I 1 1- In addition to maintaininggthe purityof the vv'at er it is alsojessential that the temperature of the water should be kept praca 'eatsat;;as;

described heriaffma y be' used bythesgovermnent or any of its oflicers .1 TyP f.-% P QI so a rang d hat y i i g ,partlyin} section of rco'ntainers equip Figure 5, l is a vertical cross a section "o a .type of tray ifori holdingyicem a e- The-device illustratedfby EigureZ 1 jfcon- I preserved between the bottom and any, surface upon -Wh1ch -the container may be This of 1 course, increases theii; amount of W r in i thekcontainers with the vresultin f I ,ltemoring sediment 1 1"pollution' fromthe I con ta1ner,;and secondarily to provide means for imamta ning the waterv'level; atr a substantiallyfiiiedpoint,% v I v I accompl sh these (results '.W t anl 1. c n a ne aof anya ir 1 the n. i f a he-a di on o Wat t the t n r, bythekm ting 1 cel h ro s r h il ipho wm yi b s b rge l lra to emoveysedimene a. I tenan ;to 1 reduce the I I a qu nti yiawat wlthi i th -1 0 t neetQaY pr d rmln am unt.a; a i f Sfi fiMl' .1 9f in nt o my e niva llust te b yf e-aewmrafiying i gs-s E gure at'persp et v w.pa t y,

brokenaway and in, action of-3a container d ta l he. i 's fl-wh by th a'ctio of t siphon is za utomatically stopped. at a jgiyen pointy r ho s o m otmyfin ent m r uppe ipart; of a container? with. an: impro .sis s o the-c nta n 3 1 w i h,f-in.this i 'Stafnce, resemblesran Ordinary re an u milk: 19 5 can. .This {shape Lhasj been extensively used by hatcheries forftheshipmentjofwlive fish I Ibecausevwater is not l ik'ely'to slopoutli'of it unless itiis. filled; tooftull, f r The, bottoniflg of the container is shown disheddownwardly 10 0 o somewhat and is connected'withthe' body of the container a short distance above thegi' lower edge, as 'at3, so that a space willbefl placed. Within the container'l is a siphon y hr gh t e:perfo a lonsin ozthe n a 1 "Leo I is located at thehighest point toewhich itis desired to permit the water within the container to rise. The intake leg 6 of the. si-

phon passes through the bottom of the con- Y tainer and connects with a pipe 7 which runs along the underside of the bottom to its center 8, where i t connects with an aperture in the bottom 2. A discharge leg 9 is shown water level .constant.

passing through the bottorn 2 of the contamer at 10, terminating in the-spacebeneath the bottom of the container already referred to. At the point in the container at which it is desired. to establish the normalwater level,one or more small holes 11 are drilled through the intake leg 6 of the siphon. In use the container 1 is filled with water to the desired level which corresponds with' the small holes 11. in the intake leg 6 siphon willautomatica'lly function and will draw water'through the opening 8 in the bottom of the container and discharge it through the' discharge leg t) of the siphon. This action will continue until the water level within the container fallssufliciently to'uncover the small openings ll in the intake leg 6 of the siphon, whereupon the "air whichwill pass into the siphon through the.

holes 11 will immediately stop its action.

This arrangement provides a very strong suctionat'the intake end and will jbefound sufiicient to draw off the greaterpart of the sediment and polluting matter which has settled at the-bottom of the container.

I The siphon maybe caused tofunction regard-less of the water level whenever it is desired to remove polluting matter by simply tilting the container sojtha't the siphon isentirely submergedand tilting it. back again when the desired result has been accomplished, after which water may be added to reestablish the desired normal level. Thesiphon. arrangement will also make it impossible for the container to be filled toofull since the siphon will function as soon as'its top 5 becomes submergedand will automatically reduce the water level to the desired normal.

' The siphon'of Figurel is also shown in lflig-ureJ iii-which the entire siphon with any type of container.

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strainer 13 if desired to prevent small fish,

fryer-eggs from being siphoned out.

In Figi l the siphon is not perforated v at the desired water level, the small open in'gs 11 being omitted. The discharge leg 9 ofthe siphon, instead of terminatingbelow the bottom of the container, passes through thebod-y of the container, terminating on the outslde of the container at a point which corresponds with the desired.

level of the water within'the container.

' A convenient and improved form of receptacle for ice is illustratedbyFigure 5 wherein a. simple perforated pan is shown securely and conveniently mounted in the upper end of anor dinarycanl The shape,

of course, may be modified to adapt I it to 5' It will be understood is not limited to the exact construction of the drawings but is subject to modification in order to-adapt it to containers and tanks of various sizes and -shapes without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

I claim as lily-invention:

1. A container of the class described having asiphon fixedly mounted therein and terminating at its intake. end in a flexible portion adapted to be-direoted to the lowest portion of .the container when moved to various positions for the :purpose of facilitating the removal ofsediment and ing matter from thec ontainer. V 2. A container of the class described having a concave bottom, a siphon. fixedly mounted therein and terminating at itslintake end in a flexible, .dirig'ible portion oooperating with the bottom "ofthe container to automatically gravitate to the lowest portion thereof, regardless o'fithe position of the container for the purposeiof facilitating the removal of sediment and polluting mat- EDGAR o FEA-RNOW;

that my invention 

